On November 28, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California denied the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) request for a preliminary injunction against Defendants Blockvest.

On February 9, 2018, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") released a statement which, among other things, informs the marketplace that the SFC sent letters to seven Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchanges warning against listing instruments that qualify as "securities" under the Securities and Futures Ordinance ("SFO") without a required license

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